Bloody customers

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Granted £10 is very low....

But you do have to speculate to accumulate

Ive done plenty of very small cheap jobs which have eventually led to bigger jobs such as rewires, DB upgrades etc... and reclaimed the money via them jobs

Yes that saying looking after the small jobs and the big jobs will look after themselves. But need paid accordingly for the small jobs as well, rather than take a hit on them and hoping it draws a big job from it - it just doesn't make sense.

 

[vernam616]

Well its always worked for me, and not only that i get good recommendations to family and friends, money makes money doesnt it

 

[Leesparkykent]

Well its always worked for me, and not only that i get good recommendations to family and friends, money makes money doesnt it

yea but you have to be making money to make money lol

 

[vernam616]

Never failed for me, had plenty of bigger jobs from the smaller paid ones, whether or not it works for you doesnt really bother me, i just know it works for me, basic business sense really

 

[Geordie Spark]

I almost did that about 12 years ago, still got the CORGI Training material, which still comes in handy! :wink_smile:

Just DO IT!!

You KNOW it makes sense!!


If I hadn't gone poorly when I did I would be working on four four bedroom new builds right now - wiring, plumbing & heating, alarms, security lights, bathroom & kitchen fitting.

 

[The Electrician]

£25 minimum price per job (plus extra for mileage/travel time if it is more than a couple of miles away), then £25 per hour on top of that. That is what you should be charging MINIMUM as a qualified electrician.

Then on top of that add on the money for cable/parts etc plus a little bit extra commission/beer money if you want.

The problem we have now is there are too many electricians scrambling around for work and underpricing each other to get the jobs,and then on top of that you have mickey mouse 5 week courses that someone can do and go out and do electrical work without the proper training and competence required. The result of that is electricians earning less money than someone with no qualifications doing manual labour factory work.

Electrical installation/maintainance is and should always be a professional job for professional people who get paid a good wage to do the job they do. No if/no buts, we all need to stick together and keep this profession from becoming a joke. Saying you are an electrician should be something to be proud of and you should be highly looked up to and respected